Campaign over Bottled Water
Bottled water is in the news, for some days, now.The British and American policy makers are becoming more concerned, by the day, about drinking bottled water.
Both the British and the Americans find tap water safer than bottled water - and they are not completely wrong.
Major concerns behind this new blitz are:
requirement of petroleum/plastic/glass in manufacturing bottles
requirement of fossil fuels in transporting bottles - trucks,planes,etc
unsure of the sources of water used
unsafe quantities of contaminants in the water
improper disposal of used bottles
To use recyclable glass bottles is one option, but only a small percent of glass used can be recycled.
Ken Livingstone, Mayor, London
Phil Woolas, Environment Minister, England
Albert R. Wynn and Hilda Solis, Democratic Representatives, from Maryland and California, U.S.A, resp.
have been in the news over the last few weeks, over this issue.
All of them notice that asking for tap water is a better option than paying for bottled water and risking one's health.
Keeping politics aside, I welcome the campaign.
Its true that bottled water is not the only product posing danger to the climate. But, its surely a good start. It does not require any great sacrifices from the public. They just need to use tap water than buying water.
With the current rate of depletion of water bodies all over the world, time when buying water becomes essential is not very far. Till then, I think, we can save our money.
Just ensure that the water supplied through taps is safer than the bottled water.
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posted by sahaja @ 12:16 AM
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